Using TV Card for PC (2)

Here is an example of a TV card with good properties available in the market, the relevant specifications and requirements:
1.ADS Instant HDTV PCI - HDTV PC Card
The Instant HDTV PCI from ADS Tech is an HDTV PC Card for your Windows XP and Vista-based computer and converts it into a fully-equipped HDTV theater, with a powerful Personal Video Recorder (PVR). Now you can get the clarity and brilliance of crystal clear HDTV broadcasts on your PC monitor instead of buying a new HDTV.

• Turn your PC into an HDTV home theater
• Enjoy the crystal clear quality of HDTV broadcasts
• Receive free over the air HDTV broadcasts on your PC
• Supports normal TV broadcasts and cable TV signals
• Watch, record and playback HDTV on your PC
• Record HDTV, Analog and Cable TV to your computer hard drive
• Control TV with the supplied IR remote control
• Schedule TV Recordings in Beyond TV Express
• Search the Electronic Program Guide for your favorite shows by title or keyword
• Time-Shift TV Watching
• pause, fast forward and rewind live TV
• Display of information for a summary of the program, you just
• Archive TV shows to CD or DVD for playback on your home DVD player
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Certified
• HDTV is here now!
• Today 95% of all households in the U.S. can receive HDTV from at least one network broadcaster. And more than 85% can be used with a HDTV signal from three or more network broadcasters.

HDTV broadcasting is better because they are up to 6 times the resolution of standard TV broadcasts and many broadcasts Dolby 5.1 Audio so HDTV sounds even better! And HDTV is FREE - HD Shows are broadcast over the air, no need for cable TV or satellite subscriptions. Just add the Instant HDTV PCI to PC and a TV antenna to receive HDTV! Plus, if you have analog cable TV in your house you can also use the Instant HDTV PCI to receive standard TV and Cable broadcasts in addition to HDTV broadcasts.

Fully-equipped personal video recorder capabilities with SnapStream Beyond TV Express; Instant HDTV PCI includes SnapStream's Beyond TV Express turns your PC into a home theater power with a powerful integrated electronic program guide. You can also receive TV-Express, see "What's on" and see it now or schedule for future recording. It also includes powerful TV Digital TV functions that allow you to pause, fast forward and rewind live TV and recorded programs. You can program recordings of future airing with the search in the electronic program guide by title or keyword.

System requirements:

• Pentium IV 2.4 GHz or higher recommended
• Free PCI slot
• Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (Home or Professional), Windows ® XP Media Center Edition 2005, Windows Vista
• 512 MB RAM recommended
• 15 GB free hard disk space - for software and record space. (1 hour of HDTV recording requires approx. 10 GB hard disk.)
• ATI Radeon 9550 or NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 or higher graphics card
• Sound card (AC97 compatible sound card)
• Microsoft DirectX 9.0 or higher
• CD-ROM drive for software installation
• CD-RW or DVD-Recordable drive for storing movies on CD or DVD
• HDTV Antenna and available HD signal in your region